Scrapbooking 13

This page is another of DS's.  I've used Loads of Love again, this time to match the cars and trucks on his shirt.  You can see below how I've stamped the ute both in a row along the Night of Navy strips, as well as on the top corner of the Sage Shadow rectangle.  I've also added the Loads of Love sentiment from the set to the bottom of the rectangle.  The build a brads have a Sage Shadow circles in them, which has been stamped with the small heart image from I {Heart} Hearts, with LOVE through the middle of the heart.  I have used my circle scissors to cut out the circles of the photo and the mat. I have distressed the edges of all individual pieces of card.

Happy Stamping........Manda

Scrapbooking 10

Here is another page of my DS.  This one's photos were taken a little while ago, but I love turning the ute from Loads of Love into the Big Red Car from the Wiggles. 

I've stamped the ute onto watercolour paper, and then coloured it with the aqua painter and Stampin' Write markers.   I've also stamped the back of the ute twice more and coloured them to get the wings for the back of the BRC.  I've used my journalling pen to add in a couple of extra lines where I've made the ute a convertible.  I've used Basic Black, Yoyo Yellow, Real Red, Brilliant Blue and Lavender Lace markers. I have done all the yellow first and then added the darker colours.  As you can see, you need to be careful, or else the darker colours can leach into the lighter ones. 

The 'automobiles' word is from a Sizzix die that I ran through my Big Shot.  This die is from my stash.  I've added journalling around the edges of the Yoyo Yellow card stock.  I've backed the photo's with Real Red card stock.

Male Cards

I am often asked for ideas on male cards. This can sometimes be a hard thing to make. Here are a few tips that I follow when making a male card.

1. Choose masculine colours (obviously)

2. Clean, simple and symmetrical.

3. Shapes work well - squares, circles.

4. Choose male or geometric stamps/images (again, obvious)

5. Think outside the box - look for inspiration in a variety of places
eg. the more neutral patterns of designer series papers, or use
your stamp in a different way, like turning it upside down, or
masking a section of it.

Here is a male card that I have used in the past for workshops. It is fairly simple to make (which is perfect in a workshop situation, where some guests will not have ever touched a rubber stamp before). The tip on this card is step 5. The DSP is from Urban Oasis, which immediately strikes me as a female DSP.

Colours are Kraft and Not Quite Navy, stamp sets are Loads of Love and Starring You.

Hope you like it.

Happy Stamping.......Manda